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Bar Code Print Function
Data: The maximum and minimum values vary depending on bar code types.
┌────────────┬──────────────────┬────────┬────────┬─────────────────────┐
│
│Data configuration│ Minimum│ Maximum│ │
│ │ specified │ data │ data │ Character set │
│ │ │ length │ length │ │
├────────────┼──────────────────┼────────┼────────┼─────────────────────┤
│
CODE39 │ Data character │ 1 │ 45 │Numbers (ð
∼
9) │
│ │ │ │ │Alphabetic characters│
│ │ │ │ │ (A to Z) │
│ │ │ │ │Symbols │
│ │ │ │ │ (-,.,Space,$,/,+,%) │
├────────────┼──────────────────┼────────┼────────┼─────────────────────┤
│
EAN │ Data character │ 7 │ 7 │Numbers (ð
∼
9) │
│ reduction │ │ │ │ │
├────────────┼──────────────────┼────────┼────────┼─────────────────────┤
│
EAN │ Data character │ 12 │ 12 │Numbers (ð
∼
9) │
│ standard │ │ │ │ │
├────────────┼──────────────────┼────────┼────────┼─────────────────────┤
│ Industrial │ Data character
│ 1 │ 45 │Numbers (ð
∼
9) │
│ 2 of 5 │ │ │ │ │
├────────────┼──────────────────┼────────┼────────┼─────────────────────┤
│ Interleaved│ Data character
│ 1 │ 45 │Numbers (ð
∼
9) │
│ 2 of 5 │ │ │ │ │
├────────────┼──────────────────┼────────┼────────┼─────────────────────┤
│
NW-7 │ Start code │ 3 │ 45 │Numbers (ð
∼
9) │
│ │ Data character │ │ │Symbols (-,$,:,/,.,+)│
│ │ Stop code │ │ │Start and stop codes │
│ │ │ │ │ (A to D, a to d) │
└────────────┴──────────────────┴────────┴────────┴─────────────────────┘
– Use only the characters applicable to each data item in this
table.
– At NW-7, a start and stop code are required at the head and
end of data respectively. The start and stop codes cannot be
used as data characters.
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